NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
VS
AMD Radeon RX 480

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

136
Place in performance rating
153
58.53
Value for money (0-100)
49.01
Pascal
Architecture
Polaris
GP106
Code name
Ellesmere
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$441 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
no data
GCN generation
4th Gen
30.53
Value for money
23.23
GP106
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1152
Pipelines
2304
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1120 MHz
1708 MHz
Boost Clock
1266 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
123.0
Texture fill rate
182.3
3,935 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,834 gflops
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Compute units
36
1152
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1266 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
241 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Bus support
n/a
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Bridgeless CrossFire
1

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
2.0
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DisplayPort support
1.4HDR

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
n/a
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CrossFire
1
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FRTC
1
no data
FreeSync
+
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HD3D
n/a
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
n/a
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
VCE
+
no data
Enduro
n/a
no data
UVD
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.0
no data
Mantle
n/a

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD Radeon RX 480 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD Radeon RX 480
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

5.09% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($441 (2.2x MSRP) vs $480 (2.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 150 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480

More pipelines (2304 vs 1152)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB or AMD Radeon RX 480?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB versus AMD Radeon RX 480 performance benchmarks comparison

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